Pakistan ordered the US out of the base last month after the deadly US attack on a pair of Pakistani bases in the Mohmand Agency. The attacks killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

The base’s history is somewhat convoluted, as the base had been given to the United Arab Emirates in the early 90’s, and it was Emirati officials, not Pakistan, which transferred the base to US control. Since then the base has been used primarily for surveillance drones, but with the drone war increasingly targeting Pakistani soil, it has become a growing issue.

Author: Jason Ditz

Yes, one would think that the CIA agents would run along with any contractors there as well as they are not Military they DO NOT HAVE the same rights as Soldiers, that are as Bush called Al Qaeda operatives, unlawful combatants, no different from murderers. They dont wear a uniform and are NOT in the Military chain of Command! In fact the Pakistani's technically could execute them as Spies, which working for the CIA they are by definition anyway!

JLS

I can't believe they're actually going through with it!

Bill

I can't either. This is probably a shell game with the assets just being moved to other US bases in the theatre. Since when do the wishes of the host country have any bearing on what US military wants?

Anyone remember last year's flooding in Pakistan?
“and, you know, this is the worst catastrophe to have hit any state since apparently biblical times. So, he actually mentioned to me that the River Indus, which is one of the largest rivers in the world, carrying now a volume of water which has not been known in contemporary history, was breached on the left bank deliberately in order to protect the base, which is on the right bank. And the breaching caused, consequentially, the inundation of an entire district, which resulted in the displacement of millions, not thousands, but millions, because we have 170 million people in the country, and this particular district is one of the most densely populated. So, yes, there is a connect between, you know, what is considered to be a natural disaster, but then the management of that disaster is not natural at all.” Feryal Ali Gauhar.
This should have been sufficient reason for the Pakistani authorities to kick them out, but human life is cheap in Pakistan unless it belongs to the military. http://www.democracynow.org/2010/9/13/this_is_the…

Johnny in Wi.

Well may they be joined by all those troops in Pakistan, Afganistan, Iraq, Gemany, Korea, Japan and 130 other countries. It is time to think of our troops and their families. They belong home defending these borders and shores, not those of the whole world. The world can figure it out for itself. We need to figure out how we got into the mess we are in now.

ML3

how long did the US think it could kill Pak civilians and soldiers and the Pak gov't was going to be able to look the other way?

Anti_Govt_Rebel

Does anybody actually believe the US military is leaving the area just because Pakistan demanded it?

Debbie(aussie)

I dont believe it for a second. They must have finished building the ‘secret’ base, by now, surely. Allows plausable deniability by bY both sides.